Departure!

After the banquet ended and he returned to his residence courtyard from the Jade Sun Hall, Zhou Hao was still pondering the matter of Five Village Temple.

The Five Village Temple appears once every million years, and each appearance lasts only a thousand years.

By entering through the Heaven-Earth Spirit Mirror, one can stay for fifty years, undergo numerous trials within the Five Village Temple, and receive rewards such as Ginseng Fruit and supernatural powers.

It is said that even if you fail to complete any test, you can still get at least thirty Ginseng Fruit, and the most you can get is five hundred Ginseng Fruit.

Among the many legends about Five Village Temple in the Earth Ruins Realm, there are those who were originally just ordinary celestial immortals, but after obtaining the Heaven-Earth Spirit Mirror and entering Five Village Temple, they emerged fifty years later to become top-tier immortals, even reaching the half-step Pure Yang level. They were incredibly wealthy, acquiring several Pure Yang magic treasures and ascending to the heavens in one step.

The most legendary of them all is Lü Dongbin.

This person, who loved to travel among the mortal realm and was the most famous among the Pure Yang True Immortal of the Three Realms, was the leader of the Eight Immortals of Upper Cavern. Even when he was still Earth Immortal of the Void Return, he possessed the heaven-defying strength of a fourth-level Celestial Immortal and came to the Earth Ruins Realm to explore and hone his skills.

It should be noted that Lü Dongbin purely followed the path of Qi cultivation, unlike Zhou Hao's second avatar, who cultivated both God-Devil Body Refining and Qi cultivation simultaneously, and whose combat power could rival that of a Celestial Immortal.

For Earth Immortal of the Void Return had mastered pure Qi Refining to possess such strength, one can imagine how high his Dao realm was at that time.

As a result, when Five Village Temple in the world, Lü Dongbin obtained a Heaven-Earth Spirit Mirror.

Fifty years later, he reappeared. Within a few years, Lü Dongbin passed the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation and became a Celestial Immortal. Then, in less than a hundred years, he became Pure Yang True Immortal.

The rumor that each lucky person who enters Five Village Temple can receive up to five hundred Ginseng Fruit came from his mouth.

After becoming Pure Yang True Immortal, Lü Dongbin became even more generous, always carrying immortal-grade magic treasures that he bestowed upon others, the worst of which were of superior immortal grade, demonstrating how much he had benefited from his time at Five Village Temple.

"According to the intelligence records provided by the Third Prince, although Five Village Temple appears once every million years, it is not always the lucky ones who can obtain this great opportunity. It is not uncommon for no one to enter for tens of millions of years," Zhou Hao thought to himself. "But even so, those who enter can at most obtain five hundred Ginseng Fruit, and the rest do not know where they go."

After the six Heaven-Earth Spirit Mirror appeared in the Five Village Temple, they will be scattered throughout the Earth Ruins Realm, and no one knows exactly what they will look like.

It might be a piece of jade, a piece of wood, or an ordinary magic weapon. But no matter what it is, it will have special secret patterns. The person who obtains it needs to decipher these patterns as if they were solving a mystery before it can be transformed into a Heaven-Earth Spirit Mirror. Once activated with Origin Power, it can be used to teleport directly into the Five Village Temple, no matter where one is in the Earth Ruins Realm.

This is also a test of the comprehension of those who have received the Heaven-Earth Spirit Mirror.

However, this means that one must first find one of the six Heaven-Earth Spirit Mirror scattered throughout the Earth Ruins Realm within a thousand years, whose transformations are unknown, and then be able to decipher the secret runes and complete the most basic test of comprehension. No wonder there has been a situation where no one has entered Five Village Temple for tens of millions of years.

Putting aside everything else, just considering the vastness of the Earth Ruins Realm, even a Celestial Immortal would likely need thousands of years to travel to all its regions.

After all, the Earth Ruins Realm is not the Xia Clan Great World. The Xia Clan Dynasty has set up teleportation towers in various counties and cities, which can save people from the trouble of traveling.

Even with the strength of the Crimsonbright Domain, it only has six bases in the Earth Ruins Realm, all of which are scattered across the Void Sea. The Xia Clan Great World has the deepest foundation and the strongest strength, and the one it is responsible for is the closest to the main continent.

"I'll just go out and hone my skills as usual. As for the Heaven-Earth Spirit Mirror... I'd be lucky to get it, but there's no need to be too concerned about it if I don't." Zhou Hao's Origin Power surged out, and a water mirror immediately appeared in front of him.

This is a map of the entire Earth Ruins Realm. There are crisscrossing lines on the water mirror, dividing the image into areas of similar size.

The information provided by the Third Prince was extremely detailed, dividing the entire Earth Ruins Realm into twenty-two large regions according to the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, and each region was further divided into one hundred smaller parts using the numbers one to one hundred.

Just as the Endless Territories of the Xia Clan Great World is divided into 3,600 prefectures, the Earth Ruins Realm can also be divided into 2,200 prefectures.

Among them, the ten heavenly stems "A, B, B, D, E, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui" mark the area of the Void Sea.

The twelve earthly branches of "Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai" mark the main continent area.

This division not only makes it easier for people to clearly understand their location information, but also facilitates the rapid arrival of people of the same faction to provide assistance in case of danger.

Zhou Hao looked at the water mirror that had formed in front of him, his gaze sweeping across the Void Sea region.

The Floating Island in the Void Sea vary in size, and the strength of the Necro Race living on them also varies.

"The Floating Island with a diameter of 100,000 li are mostly populated by Nascent Soul cultivators, with the strongest leaders being ordinary Void Return level Necro Race kings." Zhou Hao shook his head. "Most of those who venture there are Nascent Soul Primordial Spirit Daoist teams led by Earth Immortal Loose Immortal under the command of major forces in the Three Realms. They pose no challenge to me whatsoever. A diameter of at least a million li would be more suitable."

Since the goal is to hone one's skills, it's essential to choose a suitable environment. Opponents who are too weak or too strong won't yield good results.

On Floating Island with diameters exceeding one million miles, ordinary Necro Race kings at the Void Return level are merely small fry; there are many top-tier Necro Race kings whose strength reaches the fifth or sixth level of Celestial Immortal.

Some of these Floating Island are millions of miles in diameter, some even tens of millions of miles in size, and some even have Necro Race kings whose strength rivals that of top-tier celestial immortals.

Those who dare to go to Floating Island of this level, even ordinary celestial immortals of the third or fourth rank, need to form a team; only peak celestial immortals of the fifth or sixth rank dare to venture there alone.

"Sector D-027." Zhou Hao's gaze fell on an area in the water mirror, and the map zoomed in, revealing dozens of Floating Island of varying sizes.

The largest has a diameter of nine million miles, while the smallest has a diameter of hundreds of thousands of miles, making it an extremely high-level battle zone in the Void Sea.

Most importantly, there is a celestial base on the edge of the Sector D-027 of the Crimsonbright Domain, which can be reached instantly from the Xia Clan Great World via a teleportation array.

"That's it," Zhou Hao said softly. "Once I conquer the largest Floating Island in this region, that will be the time to head to the most dangerous place on the main continent."

Call!

Zhou Hao stood up and strode out of the quiet room. Suddenly, a small piece of flesh separated from his arm and instantly transformed into a clone, sitting in his previous spot.

When gods and demons reach the Void Return level, they can create an avatar by plucking a single hair. Zhou Hao, at the fifteenth level of the Chiming Nine Heavens Map, has his divine soul integrated into every part of his body.

His flesh and blood at this moment were no longer just flesh and blood, but also contained a part of his soul, just like the main body and Second Primordial Spirit of Qi Refining.

However, when God-Devil Body Refining creates a clone, it is equivalent to separating a portion of their divine soul, which leads to a decrease in their strength.

However, the flesh and blood that Zhou Hao separated was less than one percent of his total strength, so its impact on his power was negligible. The divine power contained within his flesh and blood was enough to sustain him for thousands of years without dissipating, provided he did not engage in combat.

Leaving a clone here is also to make it easier to contact others in case of trouble.

As soon as Zhou Hao stepped out of the courtyard, he saw Jade Dragon Heavenly Immortal being lingering outside the gate.

"Zhou Hao, I was just about to look for you." Jade Dragon Heavenly Immortal said somewhat embarrassedly, "We had planned to come to the Earth Ruins Realm together to explore and hone our skills, but we all followed the Third Prince to the Main Continent, leaving you to go to the Floating Island alone."

"What's the big deal?" Zhou Hao laughed. "You've all been accumulating experience at the Celestial Immortal level for a long time. The training on ordinary Floating Island won't be very effective. You can go to the main continent, and follow the Third Prince, a top-tier expert at the half-step Pure Yang realm. If I were you, I would make the same choice."

"I'm relieved that you think that way," said Jade Dragon Heavenly Immortal with a sigh of relief. "Have you decided where to go?"

"Hmm." Zhou Hao nodded. "I'm heading to the teleportation array in Sector D-027."

"Be careful," Jade Dragon Heavenly Immortal said solemnly. "After leaving the base, the dangers of the Earth Ruins Realm are not just the Necro Race and some dangerous ruins left over from the ancient war of destruction. For immortal-grade magic treasures and rare items, even forces from the Crimsonbright Domain, or even your own forces from the Xia Clan Great World, may suddenly attack you, not to mention other forces from the Three Realms."

Within the Earth Ruins Realm, immortals, Buddhas, demons, and monsters mingle. There are at least a hundred different forces and sects from various great worlds and the Heavenly Realm. Even the Heavenly Court has celestial immortals leading heavenly soldiers and generals here to hone their skills and collect magical treasures and resources.

"Understood," Zhou Hao replied solemnly. "I will be careful."

"The Third Prince will leave me at the base this time. If you encounter any danger, remember to call for help immediately..."

Jade Dragon Heavenly Immortal accompanied Zhou Hao all the way to the edge of Azure Dragon Island before turning back.

Swish! Swish!

A burly man with red skin and a tall man in blood-red armor appeared out of thin air beside Zhou Hao. They were his divine servant ' Zhurong Ying ' and the young general ' Luo Zheng ' from the Godslaying Guard.

"Changsheng Immortality, are we going to fight?" Luo Zheng was overjoyed when he saw the teleportation tower array in front of him. "The brothers are all tired of staying in the Cosmos Orb."

"There will be plenty of opportunities for you to fight each other," Zhou Hao laughed. "From now on, Necro Race below the Void Return level will be dealt with by your team of Godslaying Guard."

"No problem," Luo Zheng assured him. "From now on, the Changsheng will eat the meat, and we'll drink the soup. We can handle all the underlings."

"Let's go, let's set off!" Zhou Hao ordered.

The teleportation array lit up.

Zhou Hao also began his true battle journey in the Earth Ruins Realm.

First update.